I'm a licensed architect specializing in healthcare facilities, with a strong passion for capturing the beauty of the natural world.
Nature photography in particular connects me more intimately to the nuances of weather, light and the changing seasons, and taught me how to really "see". I'm continuously striving to learn new things about photography every single day.
I recently became a contributing photographer to the Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals, which encourages the use of nature photography to alleviate stress and anxiety in patients, their families and caregivers, a cause that's near and dear to my heart.
I grew up in NY state but now reside in the Sacramento, California area, and enjoy capturing images of the rugged beauty of Northern California. I can be found on Instagram @optimal_focus or check out my photography at www.optimalfocusphotography.com/
This past spring, I got the urge to photograph the Milky Way over the other-worldly landscape of Mono Lake, a large, desert saline lake at the edge of the eastern Sierras in California. One of the the lake's defining features is it’s incredible tufa rock formations, a variety of limestone. The eastern Sierra is also known for it's dark night skies, which make the perfect backdrop for light pai...
109' tall Bassi Falls is located in the Crystal Basin area of the El Dorado National Forest. These gorgeous falls at peak Springtime flow crash over enormous boulders and the water sheets over huge, flat slabs of granite. It is located off a rural, pot-holed dirt road (high clearance vehicles recommended) . Afternoon is a preferable time to photograph here, since the light will be hitting the...
In spring at Yosemite National Park, a unique phenomenon occurs, called “moonbows.” Seen during the full moon, moonbows are rainbows produced by light reflected off the surface of the moon, and are relatively faint and difficult to detect with the naked eye, but they do appear in long exposure photographs.Don Olson of Texas State University publishes an accurate schedule of moonbow prediction d...
Located in Northern California, Lassen Volcanic National Park is an astoundingly beautiful, diverse, yet under-appreciated park in the national park system.Manzanita Lake, located at the northwest park entrance, holds the largest campground in the park, and affords a gorgeous, photograph worthy view of Lassen Peak reflected in the lake’s serene waters. Lassen Peak rises 2,000 feet above the sur...